Left of Center: Inkjets fly away!

by jmaloni

Sat, Oct 9th 2010 05:00 pm

Richard Pope, far left, director of the Niagara County Refuse Disposal District, and Niagara County Legislator John Ceretto (holding a printer) joined in electronics recycling day alongside members of the Village of Lewiston Department of Public Works, Niagara County Landfill and Recycling, and Sunnking Electronics Recycler.

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by Joshua Maloni

"That's amazing," Richard
Pope said as he looked over the statistics from Saturday's electronics
recycling day in the Village of Lewiston. The director of Niagara County's
Refuse Disposal District revealed 263 residents participated in the one-day
event at Lewiston Landing, dropping off an estimated 20,000 pounds of computer
printers, monitors, keyboards, televisions and wireless devices.

"We had quite a bit -- much
more than last year," Pope said.

He's not kidding, either.
The Refuse District, working in cooperation with the village and its Department
of Public Works, collected enough electronics materials to fill two
tractor-trailers, which is one full truck more than last year.

"We're very encouraged by
the residents in the Lewiston area, and how they support the Niagara County
Refuse Disposal District and its programs, and have a keen knowledge of
recycling," Pope said.

To that end, Pope and
Niagara County Legislator John Ceretto (chairman of the Refuse Disposal District)
are looking to install a permanent electronics recycling location in Lewiston.
Pope said such an entity would be open to all county residents.

In the meantime, electronic
devices such as the ones listed above can be recycled at the Niagara County Landfill
and Recycling Facility at the Route 93 bypass in Lockport. For more
information, call 434-6568 or visit http://www.niagaracounty.com/landfill/.

State Sen. George Maziarz,
Village of Lewiston Mayor Terry Collesano, and Sunnking Electronics Recycler sponsored
the electronics recycling event.